Michael RussoJane St between W 4th St and Greenwich AveHeart One · Location 40 · Drawn May 2004A panoramic view from the tape drawingLOOK AROUND JANE STDrag the panorama or use the arrow keys.Drag the panorama.PAN PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Video podcast0:00This drawing was made sitting on a curved thick black pipe on a wall directly across from 31 Jane Street, just east of West 4th Street.0:30This is Lieutenant Michael Russo.0:33He was drawn in May of 2004.0:37His drawing is counting one person.0:52This is an attractive space to draw.0:56It's unusual. It's not brick.0:58We've got the two tones, we'll probably put a bigger standing on here, or squatting maybe.1:05And of this 100m direction, this is a good space.1:09However, the presentation takes it in touch.1:13In front of it is this apartment complex.1:17The apartment complexes, as we've learned over the last couple of years, are full of people who are looking out of their window, waiting for activity and after the habit.1:25As soon as lines start coming out of our hands, we have been in the position several times.1:32They will call down to their folks at the bottom and have to come out to discuss what we're doing.1:41There's also a small residential unit.1:45So, it is safe to say that the chances of there being hesitation on the other part is pretty high.2:05So it's a cross section of things that would up the chance of things not going well.2:13And those are just things we're aware of when we're drawing.2:15That's why [unclear] abandoned [unclear] post-[unclear] territory is perfect for us.2:23But having said that, I think we'll do a drawing here.2:35Is it hard knowing that every single person you're drawing is drawn because they passed away?2:40Oh yeah, absolutely. That's one of the reasons the project has taken as long as it has.2:46It just comes to a point where you have to take a break.2:52So we're very, very, very, very, very aware of that.2:57And it just, this part of the whole process is fine.3:07I like this part of the drawing.3:10This is more celebratory of their life and having the renewed presence and so forth.3:17It's that being at home working on the web page, just looking at their photographs and3:23the drawings and the list of the deceased that they're counting, hours on hours on hours,3:28and on [unclear] on [unclear] on [unclear] on [unclear].3:30It never fails to sort of bring the spirits down a little bit.3:37We've done our best to keep our gyms up this whole time, but it's hard.3:47In Volkswagen, he bought for $500.3:50It was old, rusted out.3:52It had no floor.3:53It was like the shell of a car, said his wife.3:56But Russel painstakingly restored it into a beauty of a summer ride.4:01He would find beauty in the oldest, simplest things, she said.4:06Rousseau looked like something of a diamond in the rough himself on the night five years ago4:10when the couple first met at an Irish bar down on the Rockaway Peninsula.4:14He was grungy, clad in his post-fire clothes, a flannel shirt, and an old worn hat.← Location 39Heart One · Location 40Location 41 →
